Simon Kane (born 9 October 1967 in
Sydney
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,
New South Wales) is an Australian former race car driver, but now works as a sound technician in television.
Career
Kane started in
Formula Fords in the late 1980s and proceeded to the new
Formula Holden series in 1989. In
1990
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he won the
Australian Drivers' Championship and consequently CAMS Gold Star. From there he had a disappointing
International Formula 3000 season in
1991
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for Italian team
Motor Racing Di-Wheels
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, failing to qualify for the two events he entered at
Hockenheim in
Germany and
Brands Hatch in
England (rounds 6 & 7).
He then returned to Australia and spasmodically entered Australian Drivers' Championship rounds in coming years and achieved a top five result at the one-off
1993 Indonesian Grand Prix
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. He now races some club events in a
Porsche 911
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.
Career results
Complete International Formula 3000 results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races
in italics indicate fastest lap)
References
*
1988 Australian Formula Ford "Driver to Europe" Results
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1967 births
Formula Holden drivers
International Formula 3000 drivers
Living people
Racing drivers from Sydney
Racing drivers from New South Wales